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The Etruscans probably originated in Asia Minor, appearing in Italy in what is now Tuscany at the end of the 8th century BC. Realistic paintings decorating their tombs and cemeteries (Triclinium, Tarquinia, Caere) portray gods and mortals dressed in raised-toe shoes of the Hittite variety. Strapped sandals, cut shoes, and laced boots emerged in Etruria in the 4th century BC and represent established contacts with other peoples around the Mediterranean basin.